<p>Son is currently at Minnesota state university-Mankato. He is currently enrolled in the Mechanical engineering program and he was interested in joining a fraternity. He is having a tough time making a decision. We ( Son and I ) wanted to know, which one would look good on a resume. The choices he has are :-</p>
<p>Delta Chi - ΔΧ<br>
Lambda Chi Alpha - ΛΧΑ<br>
Phi Delta Theta - ΦΔΘ<br>
Phi Kappa Psi - ΦΚΨ<br>
Sigma Chi - ΣΧ<br>
Sigma Nu - ΣΝ<br>
Tau Kappa Epsilon - ΤΚΕ</p>
<p>Which one would be the most prestigious one. He is also interested in the social aspect of it (parties, activities and stuff)</p>
<p>You posted this in the wrong section of CC. Anyway, fraternities are not prestigious on resumes.
Post-Undergrad Resumes should include Academics, Work and Intern Experiences, Notations of Research and published works, Academic Recognitions. </p>
<p>It was recommended to my son to remove his Fraternity affiliation and awards from his resume for Grad School. While it may be significant in terms of your sons social life, it has little to do with being impressive to others.</p>
<p>I’m going to have to completely disagree with nysmile- it does look good on a resume. True, it’s completely worthless on a CV or a grad school application but if your son plans on graduating with an engineering degree and applying for a job out of undergrad- it does help his resume immensity. Being able to network through the means of a national fraternity is a supreme advantage. I personally know an engineer at GE that much prefers greek applicants and will put them to the top of the list.</p>
<p>I can’t speak for you son’s specific university but I can attest to the national level strength of those fraternities. Sigma Chi is probably the best networked fraternity in the US but your son should choose a fraternity that he enjoys being at. He shouldn’t make his decision based purely on which is the most prestigious.</p>
<p>I am a brother of ΣΝ and I plan on putting this on my resume. Sigma Nu is one of the largest Fraternities in the country, offering a great network of connections for after college.</p>
<p>Fraternities only have a place on the resume where the networking is important. Namely, this applies for job resumes.</p>
<p>In any case, you shouldn’t be joining a fraternity just to get it on a resume. If it really was that simple, fraternities would be worthless on resumes. Instead, you should join because you are a good fit for the fraternity and can benefit from it. Once that is satisfied, the fraternity on the resume just shows that you have all the values, networking, and leadership experience you’ve taken from the fraternity.</p>